Bill-filing device.



J.- W. GREGORY.

BILL FILING DEVICE. APPLlcATloN HLED MAR. 2s. me.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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Y following is a specification.

shown in JosErHw; GBEGQBY, or `VSEAT PLEASANT, irgairraianj 311.1.,-r1trive nevica f specification of Letters. Patent ateirted Dec, 1916..

Application led March y28, 1916. Seria No. 87,229.

To all whom t may concern: i A

Be it known that I, Josnrrry WV. @B EGORY, a citizen of the United States,res1ding at Seat Pleasant, in the county of 'Prince' Georges and' State of Maryland, have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Filing Devices, of which the This invention is an improvement on the support for paper files shown in the patent issued to me July 28, 1914,' No. 1,105,421.

The object of this invention isto simplify and cheapen the device, and especially to adapt it to receive a specially constructed needle. The commercialvalue ofan article of this character, especially when it is to be used as anadvertisingnovelty, depends to agreat extent on the cost of manufacture, and it is therefore essential that all parts beso designed that they can be made by machinery, and require no hand finishing.

rIhe present invention also consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and the accompanying drawings, in which j Figure Al is a vertical section, illustrating the device in position for use.` Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the bracket. Fig. 8 is a face view of the bracket. Fig. iis a perspective view of the needle. 'FigL 5 is a lplan view of a modification.

needle in position.

In constructingthe device I employ a flat plate forming a wall bracket l, preferably of metal and adapted tovbe secured to any vertical surface. rIhisbracket has a forwardly projecting arm 2 the .forward end portion of which is bent upwardly and rearwardly. the free extremity being curved upwardly as at 3. The arm has a longitudinal slot 4, extending nearly to the wall portion in the lower part of the arm, and terminating in the upper part, adjacent the end portion 3, in an ellipticalenlargement 5.

A cylindrical needle 6 is pointed at one end and the opposite end portion is flattened as at 7, and provided withan eye 8. In the eye isY secured a thread 9, of cord, twine or thin wire, carrying at its free end a button or stop 10.

The flattened portion merges or tapers into the cylindrical portion as shown at 7a.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I have shown a slight Fig. 6, is a side' elevation of the modied form, with theV modification, in which the device is adapted to. be secured toa fiat surface, as, the edge of ay desk, table or. counter. `This comprises a plate. 1l having an. armv ortongue l2, and the platev has` flanges vrl'ron. opposite sides of the tongue to engage an, edge of the desk ori tabl rihis a'rni is bent jupwardly and rearwardly as shown at :14 and is slotted as atl 15., theV upper end of the slot terminating` in a circular Opening 1551. z

The Qcis provided with an opening 16' adapted to receive the needle and a simi- .lar opening I6@ is formed inthe tongue l2.,r rEhe bracket L has a fastener-securing` opening 17, andthe plate 11a similar opening..`

In use current bills or papers are designed V Vpying a position in the-device as shown in Figs. 'l .and 5,y according to the forml of to be. placed on the needle, the needle occu-- bills Vor papers are to be led, the needle is lifted from position andthe bills or papers slipped down theV needle onto` the thread 9- as shown in Fig. l. Theneedle is.v then replaced iniposition. Vz l In placing. the needle` in the bracket 1 itis heldin a vertical position, the iiattened portion passed v into the slot 4 v and v`moved downwardly and then released, On downward movement the upper part of the needlev is tilted forward, the cyl-i-ndrical portion lpassing into the elliptical opening 5 and the tapering portion, at 7a engaging the lower inner portion of the slot. Owing to the shape of the opening 5 the needle moves freely and easily ina vertical position but as it shifts into the slanting. position shown, i

with the lower end engaging the vertical surface to which the bracket is secured, it fills said opening 5 and at the same time becomes wedged in the lower portion ofV the slot.

y The needle therefore becomes Y practically automatically locked in position,

and bills and papers can be readily forced on it jwithout in any way disturbing its position. y

To remove the needle itis only necessary to push it upwardly to disengage the tapered portion 72t and swing intoa vertical position toV relieve binding actionat the opening 5, and the portion 7 can then be lifted into a position from which the needle can be bodily moved in a horizontal 'plane from the slot 4. In the form shown in Fig. 6 the needle occupies a vertical position, the tapered pora forwardly extending tion wedging in the lower portion of the slot and the cylindrical portion of the needle restingin the circular opening 15a.

1When not in use, or if the device is placed in a position where it is not desirable for the point to project the needle can be inverted and dropped into either the opening 16 0r 16a.

l. The combination with a bracket having and upwardly bent, longitudinally slotted arm, of a needle having a cylindrical portion and a iattened portion gradually merging into said cylindrical portion, and adapted to pass into and be vautomatically locked in said slot, and article receiving means carried by said needle.

2. A device ofthe kind described comprising a bracket adapted to be secured to a flat surface, and having a forwardly projecting arm, said arm curving upwardly and rearwardly, and being longitudinally slotted, the upper end of the slot terminating near the free end of the arm in an enlargement, and a needle having a cylindrical portion adapted to rest in said enlargement .and a iiattened portion adapted to pass into said slot, and to wedge in the lower portion of the slot at the point of merger of the flattened and cylindrical portions of the needle.

3.1i device of the kind described comprising a bracket, an arm carried thereby, `said arm extending forwardly and then bent upwardly and back upon itself, the arm having a longitudinal slot extending from the lower to the upper portion of saidarm,

and terminating in the upper portion'm an enlargement, and a thread supporting needle Copies of this patent may be obtained for having a flattened portion adapted to be passed in a vertical position into said slot, and a cylindrical portion adapted to descend into said enlargement, as and for the purpose set forth.

Ll. A device of the kind described comprising a wall bracket, an arm carried thereby said arm being bent upwardly and rearwardly, the bent portion being longitudinally slotted, said slot terminating in its upper portion in an elliptical opening, and terminating in its lower portion to the rear ofv and below said opening, and Ya thread supporting member having a flattened and a cylindrical portion, said portions merging slopingly into each other', said flattened portion being adapted to pass into the upper and lower portions of said slot with said member in a vertical position, the member being adaptedvto move downwardly into an inclined position the merging portions of the member engaging the rear lower portion of the slot and the cylindrical portion resting and binding in the elliptical portion.

A device of the kind described comprising a curved arm bent on itself, and having aylongitudinal slot, portions of said slot being in vertical alinement, the upper portion-terminating in an enlargement, and a paper supporting member having a flattened portion adapted to be passed simultaneously into both portions of the slot and to more longitudinally in said slot thereby bringing the cylindrical portion of the member into said enlargement and into engagement with the lower portion of the slot.

ln testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOSEPH YV. GREGORY.

iive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

